Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

[colinthewarriormonkey]

For clarification as your post seems to have a number of ambiguities, do you or do you not give a fuck, Colin? It's just not clear.

I'm not sure.

[kancutlawns]

LOL. You're right though.

[Royal24s]

For clarification as your post seems to have a number of ambiguities, do you or do you not give a fuck, Colin? It's just not clear.

I'm not sure.

I've found that you reach a point and age where you think you don't give a fuck anymore, then a few years later you realise that you definitely don't !

[kancutlawns]

For clarification as your post seems to have a number of ambiguities, do you or do you not give a fuck, Colin? It's just not clear.

I'm not sure.

I've found that you reach a point and age where you think you don't give a fuck anymore, then a few years later you realise that you definitely don't !

LOL. How are you Royals?

[The Tick]

I've come to the conclusion that I honestly don't give a fuck.

The rest of the quote was a bit TL:DR but your opening statement makes an interesting point.

In a world ridden by conflict, spread over its various regions and for differing causes, there simply isn't enough time in the day to contemplate all of them, let alone try to do anything about it.

So why should the Syria conflict be prioritised in our minds anymore than those in Libya, Afghanistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Nigeria or Congo? Why should any enter our minds?

Even if you have no emotional interest in any of these conflicts, it is in our (the UK people's) interests for this conflict to reach a conclusion as soon as realistically possible. If only to relieve the refugee crisis that has the whole of Europe on edge. I would argue that alone is significant reason to take interest in what happens in Syria and similar countries where there is conflict.

[AlcoholBrazil]

The rest of the quote was a bit TL:DR

Rubbish. An excellent post in its entirety and well worth anybody's time.
And a lot better than a lot of shite you see in print.

[Robert Heenan]

Just handed the Lebanese TV:
The group of militants and trucks with ammunition, arrived from Turkey, attempted to break through to the Syrian town of Tel Rifaat Aleppo in the north, 20 kilometers from the Syrian-Turkish border, most of them were destroyed, said a source in the militia.
"In Tel Rifaat from Turkish territory, were sent for reinforcements. About 300 fighters and ammunition. In the columns, coming from Turkey, the route segment Azaz - Tel Rifaat were deposited airstrikes. Most of the reinforcements were destroyed. Some managed to get to the city. "
Earlier Monday, Syrian Kurds stormed the city of Tel Rifaat - one of the largest strongholds of militants in northern Aleppo province.
Before it became known that the forces of the Syrian people's militia fought moving to the city Tel Rafaat, government forces have established complete control over the settlement of Kafr Naya south of the city.

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The Turkish prime minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, said a Russian ballistic missile had hit the town.

OOPS! So the Russians have sent an ICBM, an ICBM, as in a thing that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and flies up into the stratosphere, and the launches of which are monitored by many nations, US and the UK including, and nobody had noticed but Turkey??? Must be the new Ballistic Missiles that the Russians have!!!

The Saudis/Turks/UK/FRANCE/USA are getting more and more annoyed that their terrorist proxies are losing and taking big losses each day

[Robert Heenan]

The BBC as usual are running their anti Russian and Anti-Syrian propaganda with their faux concerns and sympathy for Syrian people.

[mistymorning]

The BBC as usual are running their anti Russian and Anti-Syrian propaganda with their faux concerns and sympathy for Syrian people.

Saw a great article on re about that late last night how they were showing Russian air strikes and pretending they were french and American

[Robert Heenan]

We get this kind of claim alot in the MSM. "Russian jets have bombed a hospital/school/market (delete as appropriate)". There's never any real evidence but MSM and government routinely repeat these claims (often originating from this bloke in a two bedroom house in Coventry) as though they are hard fact. By tomorrow this particular claim will have disappeared ready for the next one to appear.

[The Tick]

Courtesy of that pro-Russian publication, The Daily Telegraph.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... mpire.html

Dramatic video of Russian air strikes 'on Islamic State oil empire'

Footage claims to show convoy of oil tankers being destroyed near Turkish border

[Robert Heenan]

According to the Turkish Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, the school and the hospital were hit by "a Russian ballistic missile."

Russia has not used ballistic missiles in Syria. They have used cruise missiles launched from the Caspian Sea easily confirmed by the Pentagon

It seems more and more likely that the school and hospital was hit by the Turks or the NATO sponsored rebels/terrorists

[Kowalski]

I can see this only ending when Syria is one large lump of rubble. I don't think the rebels will stop till Assad is out, mainly because he's not a Sunni. It's all religious bullshit as usual.

[The Tick]

I can see this only ending when Syria is one large lump of rubble. I don't think the rebels will stop till Assad is out, mainly because he's not a Sunni. It's all religious bullshit as usual.

the secular assad regime with its Russian backers are finally starting to crush the Islamic militants. Naturally this has infuriated the west, turkey and Saudi Arabia.

[Kowalski]

Let's hope you're right Tick, but I fear you'll be repeating the same claims this time next year.

Islamic militants don't tend to give up in a hurry and for every one killed another nutty jihad will pop up to replace him.

[Robert Heenan]

I can see this only ending when Syria is one large lump of rubble. I don't think the rebels will stop till Assad is out, mainly because he's not a Sunni. It's all religious bullshit as usual.

Its not simple. Assad is secular. Under Assad, Syria was a stable country with all faiths living in harmony. Its the Saudis, Turks, US, UK and France that have funded, trained and supported the jihadis in order to oust President Assad.

It is your Prime Minister and the rest of our British government as well as the compliant MSM that are supporting the jihadis ("moderate rebels" as the MSM call em) in their determined effort to demonise Russia and oust Assad.

[The Tick]

Let's hope you're right Tick, but I fear you'll be repeating the same claims this time next year.

Islamic militants don't tend to give up in a hurry and for every one killed another nutty jihad will pop up to replace him.

Russia and the USA are now singing from the hymn sheet, despite publically slandering each other, over Syria.

The USA have finally tired of Turkey's antics with ISIS, and attacking the Kurds. And Assad's troops are preparing to retake the ISIS de-facto capital of Raqqa. Which is why for all their bluster the Turks and Saudis are mostly impotent against the fightback.

It won't be sorted overnight but the end is near. And ISIS will get the biggest butt-fuck of all time once Putin has sorted the 'moderate' rebels.

[Robert Heenan]

If the Syria ceasefire fails, Isis will be the least of the west’s problems
Michael Clarke

Incase you don't know who Michael Clarke is:

Michael Clarke is the director of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... d#comments

[Robert Heenan]

Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday described the Syrian opposition delegation formed in Saudi Arabia as a group of 'terrorists and traitors' and said he would not negotiate with them.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/politics/2016021 ... z40H4BD2ZT

[Robert Heenan]

''UPDATE 3:19 AM Eastern US Time -- After the Syrian Army cut off supplies line between Aleppo and the Turkish border, Syrian militants received new supplies of ground-to-ground missiles from "Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's foreign enemies," two militant commanders told Reuters.

According to a source, the missiles have a range of 20 kilometers.''
this could of course be how the hospital got hit in Idlib..the BBC world news just mentioned it was hit by a missiles.. as far as i know the Russian strikes have been bombs!

[Robert Heenan]

Vladimir Putin is dancing around us with ease – we must send troops into Syria

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... Syria.html

By Hamish de Bretton-Gordon

It seems the MSM and the Western governments as well as Turkey and Saudi are getting more livid each passing day at their terrorist proxies being wiped out

[Robert Heenan]

Yesterday around 9 pm on Sky News there was a special report from inside Raqqa, capital of ISIS. Video included children kneeling in a line for a mock execution - using blanks. Then a Kurdish fighter was interviewed. Asked about airstrikes on hospital facilities in Azaz - he replied "The Russians have bombed 17 kilometers outside Azaz targeting Russian Chechen & ? Jihadis. The airstrikes inside Azaz was by the Turkish airforce." . It ended with the Sky interviewer saying "Good on yer ".
So I thought I would record it later at 11 pm.
The first part of the children was replayed, the second part blaming Turkey for hospital attacks was gone.
Anyone else see that ?

[Robert Heenan]

Let me put that in perspective for you and this is the difference between being accurate and being truthful.

U.S. Intel: Obama Coalition Supported Islamic State in Syria
"A newly released intelligence report from the Pentagon shows that the U.S. government knew that supporting jihadists in the fight against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad would produce a fundamentalist Islamic State in Eastern Syria — and that Obama’s supposed “anti-ISIS” coalition knowingly backed ISIS and other Islamic terrorists for precisely that purpose. The heavily redacted Defense Department report, obtained by watchdog Judicial Watch via a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, shows once again that, contrary to the false narrative peddled by the establishment press, the rise of the savage terror group known as ISIS was actually deliberate policy. Now, the fruits of that plot are becoming clearer as the body count continues to skyrocket.
The 2012 Defense Intelligence Agency report is very blunt about the objectives. “The West, Gulf countries [the Islamic regimes ruling Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, etc.], and Turkey support the Syrian opposition,” it explains, adding that, as The New American reported at the time, al-Qaeda supported the Syrian uprising from the beginning as well. “There is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist [fundamentalist Islam] principality in Eastern Syria (Hasaka and Der Zor), and this is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to isolate the Syrian regime.” (Emphasis added.) Of course, that is also exactly what happened when ISIS declared the establishment of its “caliphate” in Eastern Syria and parts of Iraq."

Download newly released intelligence report from the Pentagon:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-a ... -14-812-2/

This whole "war on terror" is a farce

[theleader82]

Russia should stop bombing hospitals.

[Robert Heenan]

Russia should stop bombing hospitals.

Do you really believe all the MSM narrartive demonising Russia?

Are you really that thick?

There is the possibility that the hospital bombing was by a US aircraft . It isn't obvious that Syria or Russia were guilty, just Turkish propaganda which only the mentally challenged would believe these days.
Not saying it was any particular country without evidence but just countering the assumptions

http://news.antiwar.com/2016/02/11/russ ... -russians/